Celebrate Italian! Celebrate Columbus! Bring your Italian and Columbus show to the parade 10.13.24 @ 1 pm. Parade through Short North to Italian Village to end at the Columbus Italian Festival where the sounds and smells will take you back to old Italy.

High School bands and special college bands’ performances will give you goosebumps as the beat of the music flows along the streets and at the festival’s main stage for the High School Band Competition.

Beautiful cars will rev their engines and sparkle and entertain with art on cars. Local organizations showcasing their events, even parade & festival sponsors will be driving their company vehicles showing pride of their patronage. It’s all part of the fun of the Italian Festival Parade! You’re invited to parade with us!

No registration fee. Sign up today and reserve your space in the parade line-up!  Bands will be given a travel stipend.

Parade Route:  (Executives decision, we’re staying with the past route) From Dennison Ave, to East on Buttles, to North on High St to East on Warren Ave to Columbus Italian Festival!  (This year there will be no stationary performance.) Points will be generated from both moving performance and stage performance.